THE BAILIFFGATE MUSEUM AND GALLERY

Registered charity 1127149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BAILIFFGATE, ALNWICK AND DISTRICT MUSEUM

To preserve, record and make accessible the history of Alnwick Town and District and to showcase the work of local and national artists within a vibrant, stimulating and aesthetically pleasing environment for the benefit of the community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY OF ALNWICK BY THEPROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM COMPRISING AN EXISTING COLLECTION OF OBJECTS,SPECIMENS, BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER OBJECTS,SPECIMENS, OR COLLECTIONS AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION ("THE COLLECTION")

Area of benefit: ALNWICK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net expenditure was £41,173, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £120,560, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of holding at least 75% of yearly general expenditure, ensuring continued functioning.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jean Styringchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Charlotte Wright
• Dr Christopher Alan Ferguson
• Hugh William Ferrand
• IAN WAGGOTT
• Luke McTaggart
• Lynda Wearn · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mary Louise Dawson
• SUSAN ELIZABETH BOLAM · trustee of 2 other charities
• WILLIAM GRISDALE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).